Kirk, Richard

Co-owner of Kirk's Grocery with his brother Thomas in the 2900 block of Minnesota Avenue. Richard Kirk came here from England in 1900, and established a grocery, in which his brother Thomas became partner. Stayed with relatives in Scotland from 1909-1910. Richard returned to England in 1937. Richard Kirk. Jr., 24, their only child, died in 1939. In 1944 he was living in an area of England that was bombed (Billings, October 1, 1944).